tanstaafl

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The ones most suited for thoroughfares are generally the best ascetically, and have the fewest noise/pollution/emergency vehicle tradeoffs but are generally also the most expensive and create least aggregate reduction in speed. in short, as usual tanstaafl.

Mentioned in Karsten Düsterloh's Comment (#4) at 2008-12-28 10: 09: 21 PDT in the section was added to the Thunderbird 3.0 Knowledge Base article, explaining how to use the same profile alternatingly with TB 2.0 and TB 3.0 (thanks to Spage and tanstaafl).

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Actually, it's an acronym for "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".I don't think it's spoken often, but I've seen it in writing several times this year. Not counting the times it was used in Robert Heinlein's story "the Moon Is A Harsh Mistress".